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Economists in the newsroom
Why digital newspapers are struggling – and what to do about it
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A stoep on Botmaskop
'Stellenbosch today must be considered fully developed'
Jul 9
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The Schole and the spreadsheet
What are universities for?
Jul 6
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What if John Adams had read this book?
How a shipwreck and a failed revolution created the radical idea for an American colony in South Africa's Eastern Cape
Jul 2
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June 2026
Migrants vs natives vs machines
On the economic consequences of South Africa's recent anti-immigrant protests
Jun 29
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The double helix of prosperity
What Javier Milei can learn from the Cape Colony
Jun 25
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The faith of coins
What half a million ancient coins tell us about trust
Jun 22
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Making time
What the public clock can, and cannot, tell us about why Europe grew rich
Jun 18
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Why 1976?
The economics of the Soweto uprising
Jun 16
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Widening the pipeline
Today we launch the South African Economics Pipeline project. Please share – and apply!
Jun 15
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A football is not enough
What the FIFA World Cup have taught me about economic growth
Jun 11
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The procurement trap
What two recent AER papers say about Treasury's draft procurement regulations
Jun 8
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